Mecca is 1.4°C (2.5°F) warmer by day, Mecca has 4.2°C (7.6°F) warmer nights, and both get similar annual rainfall.
Mecca is at its warmest in June and coolest in January, while Medina peaks in August and bottoms out in January. Month for month, Mecca is the warmer of the two in 11 of 11 months.
Both collect a similar amount of rain over the year — 50 mm (2 in) in Mecca and 25 mm (1 in) in Medina. The most comfortable time to visit is January, February and December in Mecca and March, November and December in Medina.
| Mecca | Metric | Medina |
|---|---|---|
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| 36.5°C | 🌡️Average daytime high | 35.1°C |
| 22.5°C | 🌙Average nighttime low | 18.3°C |
| June | 🔥Hottest month | August |
| January | ❄️Coldest month | January |
| 🌧️ Rain | ||
| 50 mm | 🌧️Annual rainfall | 25 mm |
| November | ☔Wettest month | November |
| July | 🏜️Driest month | June |
| 💨 Climate | ||
| 34% | 💧Average humidity | 27% |
| 3 m/s | 💨Average wind speed | 3.1 m/s |
Overnight, Mecca typically falls to around 22.5°C (72.5°F) while Medina settles near 18.3°C (64.9°F).
Mecca is hottest in June and coldest in January, whereas Medina peaks in August and is coolest in January.
Mecca sees the most rain in November and the least in July; Medina is wettest in November and driest in June.
Mecca feels the more humid of the two, averaging 34% relative humidity against 27%.
For Medina, the pick of the year is March, November and December.
Month by month, here is the coldest night, the average day and the hottest afternoon each city can expect. Switch Compare to read rainfall, humidity, wind or solar instead, and Period to move between the long-term 45-year average and any single year — the shading is a quick warm-to-cool guide.
| Month | Mecca | Medina | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Avg | Max | Min | Avg | Max | |
| January | 15.5 | 21.9❄️ | 28.4 | 8.8 | 16.7❄️ | 24.7 |
| February | 16 | 23 | 30.1 | 9.7 | 18.3 | 26.8 |
| March | 18.7 | 25.9 | 33.1 | 13.2 | 22 | 30.7 |
| April | 22.4 | 29.5 | 36.7 | 17.9 | 26.5 | 35.2 |
| May | 25.8 | 33.2 | 40.5 | 22.1 | 30.8 | 39.5 |
| June | 27.5 | 35.3🔥 | 43.1 | 24.2 | 33.5 | 42.7 |
| July | 27.4 | 34.5 | 41.6 | 25 | 33.8 | 42.6 |
| August | 27.5 | 34.5 | 41.6 | 25.8 | 34.5🔥 | 43.1 |
| September | 27.6 | 34.8 | 42 | 24.9 | 33.4 | 41.8 |
| October | 24.4 | 31.1 | 37.9 | 21 | 28.9 | 36.7 |
| November | 20.4 | 26.6 | 32.9 | 15.6 | 23.1 | 30.6 |
| December | 17.3 | 23.5 | 29.7 | 11.2 | 18.8 | 26.3 |
| Annual Avg | 22.5 | 29.5 | 36.5 | 18.3 | 26.7 | 35.1 |
Min / mean / max temperature (°C). 🔥 marks each city's hottest month, ❄️ its coldest; shading runs cool blue to warm red.
The same figures plotted out, so the shape of a typical year is easier to see than in a grid. Where the two lines run close together Mecca and Medina feel alike; where they separate, they are genuinely different places to be.
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Quick answers to the questions people ask most when comparing Mecca and Medina — each drawn straight from the climate figures above.
Mecca is the warmer of the two. It averages daytime highs of 36.5°C (97.7°F) against 35.1°C (95.2°F) in Medina — roughly 1.4°C (2.5°F) warmer by day. Nights are milder in Mecca, with average lows of 22.5°C (72.5°F) versus 18.3°C (64.9°F).
Mecca is hottest in June, averaging highs of about 43.1°C (109.5°F), while Medina peaks in August at around 43.1°C (109.6°F). That makes Medina the hotter of the two at the height of summer.
Medina gets colder. In its coldest month (January) overnight lows average about 8.8°C (47.8°F), compared with 15.5°C (59.9°F) at the low point of the year in Mecca.
They get a similar amount of rain over a year — about 50 mm (2 in) in Mecca and 25 mm (1 in) in Medina. Mecca is wettest in November and driest in July; Medina is wettest in November and driest in June.
Mecca is the more humid of the two, averaging 34% relative humidity over the year against 27% in Medina.
The most comfortable months in Mecca are January, February and December, when average temperatures are at their mildest.
Medina is at its most pleasant around March, November and December, based on the mildest average temperatures of the year.
Mecca is the warmer city in all 11 months of the year. The gap is widest in January, about 5.2°C (9.4°F), and narrowest in August, about 0°C (0°F).
Medina has the bigger seasonal swing, about 17.8°C (32°F) between its coldest and hottest months versus 13.4°C (24.1°F) in Mecca — so Mecca has the steadier, more even climate.
It depends what matters most to you: choose Mecca for warmer weather and go for Medina if you want lower humidity. There is no single "better" climate — it comes down to whether you value warmth, dryness or comfort most.
Every figure on this page is calculated from NASA POWER satellite climate data spanning 1981–2025 (45 years). The averages describe the long-term climate of Mecca and Medina, not a single year's weather or a short-range forecast.
